>>>>> "Colin" == Colin Paul Adams <colin colina demon co uk> writes:
Colin> Thanks to Chris Smart, Peter Danenberg and others, I have
Colin> been able to install Fedora 12 as the sole O/S on my
Colin> Macbook Air (first generation).
Colin> However the wirless networking is not enabled. I am
Colin> following the instructions in
Colin> http://docs.fedoraproject.org/wireless-guide/f12/en-US/html-single/#chap-Wireless_Guide-Fedora_And_Wireless
Colin> .
Colin> There was no wireless device shown in the network
Colin> Configuration, so I clicked New and added a device for
Colin> hardware Apple Airport. I also tried adding wireless
Colin> device on the Hardware tab (eth0), but although it allows
Colin> me to do this, after I save and then reopen the Network
Colin> Configuration, the hardware only shows a device pan0 of
Colin> Type Ethernet (which was there from the start). It does
Colin> appear on the Devices tab (it didn't originally until I
Colin> added it), but has staus of inactive, and no means to
Colin> activate it.
Colin> However, even after restarting the computer, the wireless
Colin> icon on the panel says there are no network devices
Colin> available.
Colin> So I tried removing the device from control by
Colin> NetworkManager, and activated it manually. But then I get:
Colin> Device eth0 does seem to be present, delaying
Colin> initalization.
Colin> What do I need to do?
Apparently the answer is to forget about using Linux, and restore Mac
OSX :-( :-(
I did
lspci
And discovered the device is a broadcom with PCI-ID of 14e4:4328 .
According to
http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43
This is not supported by the b43 device driver, so Linux on this
machine is not on.
--
Colin Adams
Preston Lancashire